Board Minutes

Call to Order: Joan called the meeting to order. Attending the meeting were Joan, Shad, Jen, Wendy, Jackie and Karen. Lisa represented Friends and Directors.
Minutes of previous meeting:
- Reviewed October meeting minutes.
- Jackie approves, Jen seconds.
Treasure’s report
- $350 Expense for Office Supplies is a double set of ink for printers
- Karen approves, Joan seconds.
Old Business
- Single shelf for ND/Community Materials
  1. Currently being ordered.
Committee reports:

Friends and Directors:

Tour of Homes
- November 18
- 5 homes
- Don’t forget Board Members to bring 2 dozen treats.
- Joanne Ordahl and Jody Nessimeier are getting volunteers for home hosts.
- Raffle tickets can be purchased now.
- Bring any baskets ready ASAP so they can be on display in the library to promote the raffle.
Art Crawl
- 3-4 artists on display at the Library
- Kids came through, along with high school art and 6^th graders and 5 adults with two artists present.
- We are the drop off point for the initial startup for the art.
Saturday Story Time
- 1^st Saturday of the month October – April.
  - Good numbers in October and November
  - Jackie volunteered to read December 1.
- Statistics
  - No shifts open!!!
  - Patron numbers have dropped in the statistics due to the state recommended only active members in the last 3 years, so some purging has been going on.
  - Halloween was well attended.
  - Winter number of patrons is going down, as expected.
- New Apollo Software
  - Live with Apollo November 12 weekend.
  - Downloads and exports Friday night and the will add information one live.
  - Dual systems for 2 weeks.
  - 10 volunteers have come in to work their shift and train.
Little Free Library
- Placed white ribbon on libraries as the founder passed away.
- Seems to be used.
- Potentially do an ad in the Cass Country Reporter
- Plug on website/Facebook again soon.

Next meeting:

Adjournment: Jackie made a motion to adjourn. Jen seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

Submitted by Karen Schmitz.